New Delhi, Jan 22: The protesting shooting coaches today agreed to sign the contracts, which was mandatory for them to get salaries on monthly basis, after their meeting with the NRAI and SAI officials here.
Ending the tiff over pay packages, the Indian coaches for the senior and junior teams today met National Rifles Association of India (NRAI) and Sports Authority of India officials here at the Tughlaqabad shooting range and gave their consent to sign the contract before February 1 deadline issued by the SAI.
Out of the 31 coaches employed by the NRAI, 25 attended the meeting including Jaspal Rana, who is the chief coach of the junior pistol team, and an agitating Deepali Deshpande, the chief rifle coach of the junior team, who had put in her papers in protest.
“We had a fruitful meeting with the coaches and they have agreed to sign the contract with the SAI. All the coaches will sign an individual contract with the SAI normally for a period of one year commencing February 1. After that, they will start getting salaries on a monthly basis,” NRAI president Raninder Singh said.
“The meeting was attended by SAI Teams’ Division head Rajinder Singh, NRAI officials and 25 coaches. The issue has been amicably resolved,” he added.
The chief coaches will be paid Rs 50,000, while the other coaches on the panel will get Rs 30,000 per month. (PTI)
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